The STW Ski and Snowboard thread – 2011/2 Edition

Does anyone know where I can get some new legs? Mine aren’t working properly any more….!

I was proper knackered at the end of the 4th day of PisteToPowder courses at St Anton on Thursday – thought I might have trouble making it through the last day – so wore/slept in some of these

2XU compression tights

and my legs were nicely refreshed for the next day – even my knee aches seemed to have gone – so survived a couple of 40 minute hikes and then loads of polling/skating to get out of the valleys.

I had to get the size down from their sizing chart but it was fine as I wanted them for the compression, not for use during activity.

You wear tights to bed?

Do you keep your bra on too?

GrahamS – Member
You wear tights to bed?

I’ve slept in my Skins recovery tights a few times. They work. They are far from sexeh, though….!

Uh..huh.. and a bit of lipstick to help prevent nasty chapped lips? Some perfume to mask the musky smell? Nail varnish to protect your nail beds?

Think I’ll stick to my standard recovery of beer, cake, hot tub, red wine 😀

I always carry lip balm when skiing. And put some on before sleep. And I moisturise. Nice dab of aftershave before dinner, obviously.

Nail varnish? Never. Well, never when skiing, obviously. 🙂

I always carry lip balm when skiing. And put some on before sleep.

Fair enough, but I’m not sure why it has to be the Limited Edition Cheryl Cole L’Oreal Color Riche Made for Me Intense Lipstick 😉

Because I’m worth it.

🙂

You wear tights to bed?

Do you keep your bra on too?

only when it is a matching set, like both Skins, or both A2X.

The first deep powder in the Pyrenees this year and I´m in Germany where it´s minus 13 but not a snowflake in sight 😐 (and where a sily foreign keyboard makes forum posting too much of a chore)

this was fun on friday…

Where dat at, RS?

Whistler Captain.

Probably more suitable in here than in the other thread I put it in:
My attempts at skiing 😛

Second half of Winter turned up at the English ski club fields and a few hundred people turned out for sun and snow across the four areas.

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My OH has managed to get a week off work at the end of March. Now i realise this is the end of season, but from experience, can anyone tell me where i should be heading for the best chance of snow? I’m hoping that the crazy dump this year will mean that theres a bit more lying about.

And if anyone could direct me to some ‘last minute deal’ site’s other than crystal/igloo i’d appreciate it.

Scunny, don’t knock Crystal, they were very good for my trip!

I ahd a lovely late March trip to Serre Che last year. Glorious sunshine skiing. Not much snow below the treeline, but up high was still great. Failing that, head for altitude. Les Arcs 2000 perhaps? Hardly pretty, but good and high!

Performed my rituals to the Snow Gods last night:

And Frosty was most pleased for this very morning he has blessed me with a SkiInfo Powder Alarm for 20cm of overnight snow in Schladming. 😀

oldagepredator – nice pics, shame for me the snow didn’t make it over to yad moss.

Scunny, don’t knock Crystal, they were very good for my trip!

Nope, not knocking them. Went to Zell am See with them in December, very good.

Just looking for alternative providers to compare prices etc

Ah, OK!

Well, Neilson are another I’d recommend heartily. Tend to have some really good all-in deals (travel/lift passes/kit/accomodation) most of the time.

Yeah we mainly use Crystal or Neilson these days as well.

Your other option would be to organise it yourself. Not too bad, especially if you are going to a well known resort. Cheapo flights and book a room in in a chalet/pension – usually plenty available late season.

Scunny – we had a good experience with Inghams at Christmas. Had a not so good experience with Skiworld when we went last April, but that was mainly due to an incompetent staff member as opposed to the company. So might be worth a look.

As for where to go…. given the depth of snow everywhere I don’t think you need to worry too much. We’re banking on that theory by heading to Kitzbuhel at only 700m. Last year we went the following week, but struggled with a much more compact Les Arcs area due to a lack of snow below the mid station – it wasn’t a good season on the whole though.

Actually Scunny, just seen that Skiworld have a sale on for the next day or so…. maybe some free lift passes in it for you too.

I’d actively put you off Chalet Yves in Arcs 1800 though, granted there were only 2 lifts open, but we had a hell of a trek every morning at 20C + to get to the slopes.

3rd post in a row….

Rocket Ski seem to operate at the budget end of the scale, but some of the deals seem excellent. Never stayed with them so not sure what they’re like…

Rocket Ski

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4xjUUf_sK84&v=4xjUUf_sK84&gl=GB

Wow!

Chamonix in 10 days! Come on snow. I demand fresh stuff for my off-piste nosediving and struggling to stand up again week.

Schladming on Saturday. Slightly concerned that it is -20°C there at the mo.

Cold is fine, bulletproof snow is not.

Cold is fine, bulletproof snow is not.

As far as I can tell, it’s been continually cold for months, and there is unlikely to have been any melting and refreezing. I was hoping that this meant the snow would be reasonably loose still. Am I incorrect?

Performed my rituals to the Snow Gods last night:

Yep – did my old skis on sunday. They will be getting some slope time next week. Haven’t done my own waxing and edging since the last time I used them – in the mid 90s 😮

ETA – Good to see I’m not the only one who uses a normal iron 😆

What is the dark coloured liquid “offering” – is that snowboard specific – haven’t used that for a ski service

off-piste nosediving and struggling to stand up again week.

*High fives fellow Slack-Country legend!*

Dunno about Cham but Schladming did see a few days of warmer weather before the big freeze. Hopefully there has been enough fresh snow to bury any crust.

Haven’t done my own waxing and edging since the last time I used them

I quite like doing it. It’s like bike fettling. Doing something practical is kind of relaxing and enjoyable for someone who’s main job is sitting numbly at a keyboard 😀

Just as well because the “Synthduded” base on my Bataleon needs constant waxing.

off-piste nosediving and struggling to stand up again week.

*High fives fellow Slack-Country legend!*

*is too busy giggling and thrashing about in snow to high five back*

*Lobs obligatory first salvo of snowballs at 16stonepig while pointing and laughing!*

*shakes head at silly childish skiers and slashes hard to cover them in powder*

Oh goodness yes, any off piste has me in uncontrollable fits of giggles. It’s the best medicine in the world (apart from mtbing in the snow this weekend – only difference it hurts more if you fall).

*Runs over nose of board as Graham fumbles around with bindings at the top of the next lift. Skis off in to the distance laughing*

*looks down at board*

😆